Building a long-term and sustainable business requires not just vision but a robust, well-crafted strategy that overcomes immediate challenges and seizes future opportunities. With a deep understanding of the clean energy landscape, Crisil advises clients in formulating tailored near and long-term strategies/ roadmaps to expand business, improve profitability and achieve other objectives.

We support clients in evaluating organic and inorganic growth opportunities, geographic expansion, diversification across the value chain and allied segments and product/ solution augmentation/ improvement. The Crisil team works closely with the senior management and Board in chalking out a clear and actionable strategy that aligns with long-term goals. With a strong focus on financial viability and risk mitigation, we help our clients effectively navigate the clean energy landscape ensuring their investments yield environmental and economic returns.

In addition, we also provide support in implementing strategies through project identification, feasibility studies, policy advocacy support, financing mechanisms, drafting internal policies and capacity building.

Crisil has been entrusted by numerous project developers, lenders and investors to build on their strategic vision by providing innovative solutions and detailed planning that helped drive measurable success.

Players in the clean energy sector are consolidating across segments as investors recycle capital into building new assets. Crisil supports organisations in acquiring assets/ companies through the merger and acquisition lifecycle, including overarching strategy, target identification, due diligence/ evaluation and exit opportunities, all while navigating the market complexities. With deep expertise in renewable energy, energy storage, green hydrogen and related equipment, our team offers the entire diligence spectrum – commercial, contractual, financial, technical and regulatory. Our due diligence process is designed to protect investments and ensure informed decision-making.

Crisil has advised multiple private equity funds, pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and project developers , whether they are scaling their portfolio or consolidating their market position. Our deep domain understanding coupled with market intelligence has ensured value maximisation and risk mitigation for our clients.

Renewable energy (RE) procurement is gaining significant traction among corporates in the commercial and industrial (C&I) segments given the dual benefit of cost savings and reduction in carbon footprint. Crisil provides comprehensive advisory and transaction support to such corporates to chalk out a long-term roadmap to 100% renewable energy procurement. With Bridge to India now part of our portfolio, we have deepened our expertise, data resources and operational capabilities in the C&I segment.

We undertake detailed assessment of client's current and future power consumption to propose most apt procurement routes and business models in-line with prevailing regulatory framework, market conditions and client preferences. We provide complete support on project implementation from formulation of policy advocacy asks, assessment of techno-commercial feasibility of projects, tariff benchmarking, identification of project developers, tender and PPA framing and recommendation on selection of project developers.

Merchant power markets are rapidly gaining significant traction as businesses look to leverage arbitrage opportunities. These markets are increasingly supplementing long-term power tie-ups to help build a balanced risk-return portfolio.

We offer state-of-the-art, data-driven forecasts for merchant power prices to help businesses thrive in competitive energy markets. With advanced analytics, market intelligence and proprietary forecasting models, we provide precise short-term and long-term power price estimates that empower our clients to make strategic decisions. Our services are customised to the needs of independent power producers (IPPs), utilities, investors and market participants, offering valuable insights into market trends, price volatility and regulatory impacts. Our expert team provides price forecasts and market analysis to optimise trading strategies, plan investments and manage risk for our clients.

We have undertaken a significant number of engagements in this space across the value chain, including  power traders, IPPs, private equity funds, global pension funds and lenders.

We provide comprehensive bid support for participation in clean energy tenders, including renewable energy, green hydrogen, battery-based energy storage, solar modules and cells, and electrolysers.

Our services include request for proposal risk analysis, energy modelling, capacity optimisation, strategic advisory, competition assessment and bid document preparation to help our clients secure capacity allocations. These complex tenders present unique opportunities and challenges for project developers and OEMs and require in-depth knowledge of grid dynamics, market regulations and advanced technological solutions. We help our clients navigate the complexities of auctions conducted by the respective nodal agency.  We also assist in developing competitive pricing strategies, assessing project viability, and ensuring compliance with technical, financial and legal requirements. Additionally, we provide risk assessment and mitigation strategies to enhance the bankability of bids, increasing our client’s chances of securing projects in the country’s rapidly growing clean energy sector.

Using our expert team’s deep understanding of India's energy market, regulatory environment and competitive landscape, we have helped several project developers and OEMs participate in auctions and secure capacities.

Policies and regulations play a crucial role in energy markets and can shape the growth trajectory of the sector. We help formulate frameworks, policies and regulations and design/fine-tune road maps to enable development in the sector and allow industry participants to meet their growth objectives. We incorporate global best practices and in-house experience to draft policies/regulations with an insight into their effect on a short- and long-term basis. We also recommend suitable changes to the institutional structure for successful adaption and implementation of new policies/regulations.

We have worked closely with ministries, regulators, project developers and consumers to shape policies and regulations that have facilitated the flow of investments into the clean energy sector in India and the developing global markets.

Given the rapidly changing market dynamics, shifting regulatory frameworks and advancements in technology in the clean energy sector, the future market landscape is uncertain and will evolve continually. We help clients remain agile by providing comprehensive market assessment to seize emerging opportunities. Our team closely monitors industry trends, which enables us to equip clients with insights and strategies to adapt swiftly and make informed decisions.

We specialise in delivering in-depth assessments for all segments of the renewable power market, including utility-scale and distributed projects, corporate PPA market, module manufacturing, energy storage and green hydrogen. We have decades of experience working with regulators, project developers, electricity consumers, investors, equipment manufacturers and power traders on a wide spectrum of engagements, such as like forward-looking market perspectives, price estimation, competition, policy analysis and risk assessment. Based on our clients' specific objectives and market positioning, we provide relevant intelligence, actionable insights and guidance to ensure long-term success.

We offer expert services in feasibility studies, technical due diligence and project design to ensure clean energy projects are technically sound and financially viable. Our team provides regulatory and policy advisory to help governments create favourable frameworks for clean energy investment. We recommend relevant business and implementation models that are most suitable for a particular project/ programme’s success. We also offer project structuring advice to leverage public and private funding. We lend capacity building support to institutions in the value chain, ensuring long-term success and scalability of clean energy projects.  We also conduct environmental and social impact assessments to align projects with global sustainability standards.

Be it managing project implementation or offering continued monitoring and evaluation, our consulting services are tailored to meet our client’s objectives of providing clean, reliable and affordable energy for all.

We have executed several technical assistance programmes, and monitored and evaluated projects/ programmes in India (at the central and state level) as well as in other South Asian, Southeast Asian and African markets.